{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9e950c0e717efa916bd09fff","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9e950c0e717efa916bd09fff","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9e950c0e717efa916bd09fff","title":"R & D Process Operator","description":"If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.\n\nR & D Process Operator\nFull Time Frederick, MD, US\n\nSummary\nThe R&D Process Operator runs the physical side of the experimental work behind SUPERWOOD — a molecularly densified wood material. It's a hands-on, floor-based role at a DOE-backed climate-materials company: you'll operate the presses, kilns, pressure vessels, and woodworking equipment that turn raw lumber into experimental material, fabricate the samples and fixtures the R&D team needs, and keep the shop running safely and on schedule.\n\nWe're looking for someone who has spent real time around wood and heavy machinery — who reads grain, hears when a machine sounds wrong, and can hold a tolerance on a saw or a CNC. You don't need a science degree. You need hands, judgment, and the discipline to run the same setup the same way every time so the data downstream means something. This is a high-intensity, build-the-company environment; if you take pride in a clean cut, a well-maintained machine, and a shop that’s ready to go Monday morning, this role is built for you.\n\nJob Duties and Responsibilities\n\nOperates the process equipment that produces experimental material — hydraulic presses, pressure vessels, kilns and dryers, and related production equipment — running batches to the specified recipe, sequence, and schedule.\n\nSets up, changes over, and troubleshoots equipment; performs routine maintenance, catches wear and failures early, and works with the team and outside vendors to get machines back up quickly.\n\nMachines and fabricates wood: breaks down lumber, mills to dimension, and produces the specimens, panels, jigs, and fixtures experiments require — on table saw, planer, bandsaw, sanders, CNC router, and hand tools — to spec and tolerance.\n\nHandles material end to end: receives, sorts, and grades incoming lumber; stages material for runs; and manages the physical inventory of stock, work in process, and finished samples.\n\nRecords what actually happened — logs run parameters, deviations, machine issues, and material consumed so the R&D team can trace every result back to the conditions that produced it.\n\nFlags problems early — says so when material, equipment, or a setup won’t produce a usable result, rather than running it anyway and burning a week of downstream testing.\n\nSupports scale‑up and plant trials alongside Manufacturing, including running experimental recipes on production equipment and helping translate a bench process into something the floor can repeat.\n\nKeeps the shop and production areas safe, clean, and organized: dust collection, tool and blade maintenance, machine guarding, lockout/tagout, and general housekeeping.\n\nFollows all safety policies, standards, and regulations; upholds and promotes company Core Values and culture; takes on special projects as directed by your manager; and maintains strict confidentiality.\n\nMinimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required\n\nHigh school diploma or equivalent, plus 3+ years of hands‑on experience in woodworking, millwork, cabinetry, sawmill or wood‑products manufacturing, or a comparable production or fabrication trade — or equivalent demonstrated skill. Trade school or apprenticeship a plus.\n\nSkilled with woodworking machinery: table saw, planer and jointer, bandsaw, panel saw, sanders, and the full range of hand and power tools. CNC router experience strongly preferred; a portfolio or work samples is a plus.\n\nCapable and confident around heavy industrial equipment — hydraulic presses, pressure vessels, kilns and ovens, forklifts — or the demonstrated aptitude to learn quickly. Forklift certification a plus.\n\nMechanically capable: diagnoses why a machine isn't running right, performs routine maintenance, and makes sound calls about when to fix it and when to upgrade.\n\nUnderstands wood as a material — moisture, movement, grain, species differences, and defects — and how each of those shows up in a process.\n\nDisciplined about repeatability: runs the same setup the same way every time and writes down what was done, because experimental results are only as good as the material that went into them.\n\nBasic computer literacy — able to enter run data into spreadsheets and equipment logs accurately and consistently.\n\nTeam-oriented — brings energy, gets excited about building the company, and lifts the team.\n\nFluent in English; able to work onsite 5 days a week in Frederick, MD, including evenings and weekends as deadlines require.\n\nPhysical Demands\n\nMust be able to stand and walk for prolonged periods, up to 75% or more of the workday.\n\nMust be able to lift up to 50 pounds multiple times a day and push, pull, and maneuver heavy carts and material.\n\nMust be able to navigate various departments of the organization’s physical premises.\n\nMust be able to identify and understand visual and audio signals, including machine sounds that indicate a problem.\n\nMust be able to maneuver hand tools and power tools with precision.\n\nMust be able to be fitted for, and wear, a respirator.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Evolving Solution Services","rawCompany":"evolving solution services","city":"Frederick","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-20T03:18:41.041Z","occupations":[{"code":"51-7042.00","title":"Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing","slug":"woodworking-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders-except-sawing"},{"code":"51-7011.00","title":"Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters","slug":"cabinetmakers-and-bench-carpenters"},{"code":"51-7099.00","title":"Woodworkers, All Other","slug":"woodworkers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"321999","title":"All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-miscellaneous-wood-product-manufacturing"},{"code":"337212","title":"Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing","slug":"custom-architectural-woodwork-and-millwork-manufacturing"},{"code":"321918","title":"Other Millwork (including Flooring)","slug":"other-millwork-including-flooring"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"R & D Process Operator","description":"If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.\n\nR & D Process Operator\nFull Time Frederick, MD, US\n\nSummary\nThe R&D Process Operator runs the physical side of the experimental work behind SUPERWOOD — a molecularly densified wood material. It's a hands-on, floor-based role at a DOE-backed climate-materials company: you'll operate the presses, kilns, pressure vessels, and woodworking equipment that turn raw lumber into experimental material, fabricate the samples and fixtures the R&D team needs, and keep the shop running safely and on schedule.\n\nWe're looking for someone who has spent real time around wood and heavy machinery — who reads grain, hears when a machine sounds wrong, and can hold a tolerance on a saw or a CNC. You don't need a science degree. You need hands, judgment, and the discipline to run the same setup the same way every time so the data downstream means something. 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